On the new release of Hungaroton, Zsolt Kalló and the Capella Savaria conducted by Nicholas McGegan play Schubert on period instruments. “O Mozart! Immortal Mozart! What countless impressions of a brighter, better life hast thou stamped upon our souls!” - wrote Schubert in his diary a few months before he started composing his Symphony No. 5.

There is a distinctly Mozartian aura to be felt in this piece although the romantic harmonies herald the beginning of a new era: the Concert for Violin and Orchestra, the Rondo and the Polonaise all display the characteristic traits of budding Romanticism.